Anglican Update

Praying for 2018

A bit of a different column this month –
consisting of prayers to use for the Church
of England (and other Anglican groups) in
your devotional times.

David Baker, rector, East Dean

Scotty Smith

(1). A prayer for gospel ministers by J. C.
Ryle, first Bishop of Liverpool: ‘Pray that we
may be kept humble and sensible of our own
weakness, and ever mindful that in the Lord
alone can we be strong. Pray that we may have
wisdom to take the right step, to do the right
thing in the right way, and to do nothing to
cause the gospel to be blamed. Pray, above all,
that we may go straight on, even unto the end
– that we may never lose our first love, and go
back from first principles; that it may never be
said of us, that we are not the people we once
were, but that we may go on consistently and
faithfully, die in harness, and finish our course
with joy, and the ministry which we have
received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel
of the grace of God.’ Amen.

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